Autosomal recessive inheritance of GLUT1 deficiency syndrome. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS) is understood as a monogenetic disease caused by heterozygous SLC2A1 gene mutations with autosomaldominant and sporadic transmission. We report on a six-year-old girl from an inbred Arab family with moderate global developmental delay, epilepsy, ataxia, hypotonia, and hypoglycorrhachia (CSF glucose 36 mg/dL; CSF lactate 1.09 mmol/L; CSF/blood glucose ratio 0.44). Molecular analysis of the SLC2A1 gene identified a novel homozygous c1402C>T (p. Arg468Trp) mutation in exon 10 in the index patient and her asymptomatic younger sister. The mutation was absent in 120 control alleles of healthy individuals as well as in 400 alleles of other GLUT1DS patients. Arg468 represents a highly conserved, functionally important amino acid residue in the GLUT1 carboxy-terminus essential for substrate recognition and transport. Both unaffected parents were heterozygous for the mutation. A younger brother and two family members were healthy and carried the GLUT1 wild type. A ketogenic diet effectively controlled seizures in the index patient. We conclude that GLUT1DS can be transmitted as an autosomal recessive disease and provide new insights into genetic counselling for this treatable disorder.

publication date

  • March 10, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn
  • Glucose Transporter Type 1

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 77953462287

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1055/s-0030-1248264

PubMed ID

  • 20221955

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 5